Bosnia’s newly formed government is expected to “immediately start taking necessary steps to move the country forward in line with its commitments and proclaimed policy goals”, the office of the country’s international administrator said in a Monday statement.
The statement by the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the official overseeing the civilian implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement which contains Bosnia's Constitution, came after the House of Representatives voted for all the members of Bosnia’s Council of Ministers except for the candidate for Minister for Human Rights and Refugees.
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With that vote, Bosnia finally has a new government put together according to the results of the October 2018 election.
“Full respect for and continued implementation of the GFAP (General Framework Agreement for Peace), a focused and accelerated path of reforms, including the advancement of the economy, the rule of law, human rights and the fight against corruption, is what BiH needs and the BiH Council of Ministers is expected to deliver. Besides these priorities, the expectations of BiH citizens are also in the direction that the time lost over the past fifteen months has to be made up for,” the OHR statement said.
“The adoption of a sufficiently large 2020 budget at a level allowing the BiH institutions to meet their constitutional and legal obligations would be a key instrument of the BiH Council of Ministers to that end,” it said.
